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Sofia's Mexican Restaurant

Restaurant Mexican restaurant Latin american restaurant

👍👍 Great food great service , chilaquiles with red sauce are spicy and delicious with egg on top People often mention great, tacos, good, service,


Address

841 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104

Contact

(626) 791-2697

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (179 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Saturday: 8 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: 8 AM to 11 PM
  • Monday: 8 AM to 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 8 AM to 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 8 AM to 8 PM
  • Thursday: 8 AM to 11 PM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 11 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: great (8) tacos (8) good (8) service (6)
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  • 5/5 javier r. 4 years ago on Google
    Great food great service , chilaquiles with red sauce are spicy and delicious with egg on top
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Juan O. 1 year ago on Google
    I ordered tacos for me and my workers. We got the cabeza tacos and the meat was kinda bad. I think this is just one of those items that probably doesn’t sell as much and was left too long on the shelf. Some of there other items looked really good and I saw some very happy clients . Hopefully there more attentive with there food and maybe in the future I try it again and they change my mind.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eleana K. 8 months ago on Google
    It's definitely a real Mexican food here. The owner is a really nice person, pretty clean, and neat areas. 👍⚘️❤️😊
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 raudel s. 9 months ago on Google
    Dined in, here's my experience, Pros: - Great service - Salsa & Chips are good Cons: - No prices on the menu when your ordering. - Beans ok but no flavor. - Rice no good - $4.00 SODAS Birria Plate - 3 / 10 They brought Chile colorado instead of actual Birria Enchiladas - 3 / 10 Sauce was ok, cheese not good, salad non-existent Arrachera plate - 5 / 10 Probably the smallest portion of arrachera I've encountered, flavor 5 / Quality of meat 5 Spent $57 in total, definitely not coming back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 A R. 2 years ago on Google
    Yum... adobo, birria, green chili... all homemade and delicious. Their red salsa is delish, and they have a green one that is homemade and excellent, too.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Brandon U. 7 months ago on Google
    Great burritos! Lovely staff, thank you.

  • 5/5 Jim S. 2 years ago on Google
    Right across from Roscoe's is excellent little Mexican restaurant. The vibe was really good. I went here almost by accident that's all that they were having specials on talking so for like a buck 30 I got a shrimp taco which was absolutely delicious, even though if it was fried more that I normally like. The service was absolutely delightful. I'll be back for the chilaquiles. RIP little Sophia 😢

  • 5/5 Rory M. 8 months ago on Google
    all the different dishes are so flavorful, an amazing place to sample different types of mole. I really enjoyed both their red and green mole sauces.

  • 4/5 Amado M. 1 year ago on Google
    It's a good place for tradicional mexican dishes such as adobo, mole poblano and guisados of different kinds.

  • 5/5 Martha B. 10 months ago on Google
    We like buying tacos and multitas here every weekend night.

  • 5/5 Carter M. 1 year ago on Google
    Incredible. Not the spot if you're looking for cloth napkins and waiters with a wine list, but real hole-in-the-wall energy with great folks and great food.

  • 4/5 Larry M. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was good and the prices are affordable. They messed up my order, but fixed it on request. Too bad it wasn't Tuesday, as they have great Taco Tuesday specials.

  • 5/5 Juan C. 11 months ago on Google
    Very nice place to eat great customer service makes you feel like home take time to talk to customers recommend to come eat you won't be disappointment they treat everyone the same small place great food don't forget Thurs through Sunday taco nights till 11pm

  • 5/5 Esther J. 1 year ago on Google
    Pastor tacos are the best here. The meat is so good!!!! Will def come back. Theres space to sit, very neighborhood feel.

  • 4/5 Jessica C. 3 years ago on Google
    Every evening when driving home on Lake Ave, I would see a line of people outside at this restaurant and I always wondered how it was. I finally got around to trying Sofia's today and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it! I tried the asada and birria tacos with an horchata to drink. First thing I did was take a sip of the horchata - it was so fresh tasting! I'm used to most places having horchata that's too watery or doesn't have quite the right amount of spices, but this one was perfect! After getting back home, I started in on the birria tacos first. They were so juicy and flavorful. The meat tasted like they cooked it with care and they had this hot green salsa that added a delightful spiciness to it. Next were the asada tacos. These I didn't really like so much. They weren't bad, but they just didn't hit the spot like the birria tacos did. As for their COVID precautions, they have a table within their doorway where you order from. You can take it to go or sit down in the outdoor seating they created in their parking lot. They have a tent covering the area leading up to the entrance in case you have to wait on a sunny day.

  • 5/5 Kathryn J. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food great service , chilaquiles with red sauce are spicy and delicious with egg on top

  • 5/5 Mark B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great carnitas burrito. The salsa was great too and the owner was very nice. 👍👍

  • 5/5 Israel R. 1 year ago on Google
    Hands down the best menudo close to homemade style, and the customer service is awesome, I will definitely go back for more. 👍👍


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed outside
  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Breakfast
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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